Movie Reviews and Previews Black Widow Officially Exists This year’s Comic-Con was strangely quiet, especially on the film side, so quiet that Marvel didn’t even have to pull out all the stops to “win” the weekend with their Saturday evening panel. All they had to do was literally show up, which is what they did. Marvel By Sarah • Jul 22, 2019 12:51 pm
TV Updates Loki Revisited Tom Hiddleston has really stepped back his public persona. Since The Swiftening, he is not as active on social media, and he is photographed much less often out and about. There has been a real change in how he approaches his celebrity. But he is still part of the Marvel By Sarah • Jul 22, 2019 10:26 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Natalie Portman is Lady Thor Last week we learned that Taika Waititi is returning to write and direct Thor 4. Taika was then on hand at Comic-Con, along with Chris Hemsworth and Tessa Thompson, to officially announce the movie, which is titled Thor: Love and Thunder. That title is AMAZING. The key art is even By Sarah • Jul 22, 2019 09:30 am
TV Updates THAT article is now a Netflix series If you follow true crime, you probably know THAT article, “An Unbelievable Story of Rape”, the one from ProPublica and The Marshall Project, about the serial rapist, the accused victim, and the badass lady detectives who finally tied it all together. If you haven’t read it, you should. It’ By Sarah • Jul 19, 2019 12:33 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews The new Top Gun: All I care about is Glen Powell In my Comic-Con preview, I mentioned that Top Gun was expected to have a “presence” at the convention but was not slated for Hall H. I thought Tom Cruise would do something stunty and Navy-related in San Diego, capitalizing on the nearby Naval base. But no, Tom Cruise just strutted By Sarah • Jul 19, 2019 10:38 am
Movie Reviews and Previews What the F-CK is Cats? Earlier this week, we saw a behind-the-scenes teaser of the upcoming Cats movie, and I had but one question: What is Cats? Then, yesterday, the first full trailer was released, and now I have a LOT of questions based on this trailer. My scientific inquiry into “What is Cats?” is By Sarah • Jul 19, 2019 09:36 am
Movie Reviews and Previews The Lion King, but no charisma Jon Favreau’s remake of The Lion King, using photo-realistic computer animation techniques, is stunning. It is stunning to look at. The Serengeti looks real, as detailed and gorgeous as the best nature documentary. The animals are stunning, as tangible as any creature in a National Geographic photograph. And it By Sarah • Jul 18, 2019 01:20 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Dork Storm 2019: The Undorkening Last year in my Comic-Con preview, amidst a diminishing film presence in Hall H, I wrote: “…the movie side has totally ceded Sunday to TV. Hell, they’re halfway to ceding Saturday. And Thursday. And at this rate, within five years, probably Friday, too.” Well, it’s been one year, By Sarah • Jul 17, 2019 03:13 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews What is Cats? Here is what I know about the musical Cats: It is about cats. The actors wear leotards and face paint. There is a song called “Memory”. “Memory” is a pretty good song. One cat is called “Rum Tum Tugger”. Everyone says “Rum Tum Tugger” with a completely straight face. There By Sarah • Jul 17, 2019 01:09 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Welcome to Paradise Hills A few years ago, a Spanish filmmaker called Alice Waddington made a splash on the festival circuit with a short titled Disco Inferno. It seemed to be the calling card of a bright new talent, and anticipation grew to see what Waddington—already a stand-out in the advertising world—would By Sarah • Jul 17, 2019 11:36 am
Movie Reviews and Previews More Taika Thor After Taika Waititi breathed new life into the Thor franchise and Thor: Ragnarok was not only a huge hit but also one of the best-received Marvel movies, the big question was: Will Taika Waititi and Chris Hemsworth return for another Thor movie? The answer: yes. Breaking ahead of Comic-Con is By Sarah • Jul 17, 2019 09:45 am
TV Updates Murray Bauman is a great comedy crank Last season, we met a new character on Stranger Things named Murray Bauman. He’s the irascible, conspiracy-minded acquaintance of Hopper, who helped Nancy and Jonathan in a pinch. Murray returns this season to help Hopper and Joyce, and he seals his role as the perfect comedy crank. He is By Sarah • Jul 16, 2019 04:53 pm
TV Updates Kirsten Dunst is a businessman So this is what happened to Peggy Blumquist: she finally got out of Fargo only to crash land in Florida in the 90s. Kirsten Dunst returns to television, following her stellar performance in Fargo season two, with a new series on Showtime, On Becoming a God in Central Florida. That By Sarah • Jul 16, 2019 12:20 pm
TV Updates Ranking the Fight Scenes of Stranger Things 3 Stranger Things has always had fight scenes—usually of Steve Harrington getting his ass kicked—and decent action, but in season three, under the influence of 80s spy caper tropes, the action ratchets up a level to good old-fashioned bare-knuckle brawling. There are a lot of good fight scenes throughout By Sarah • Jul 15, 2019 03:20 pm
Dumbass ScarJo is back on her bullsh-t File this one under “Lessons Not Learned”. Over the weekend, Scarlett Johansson revived the controversy around her right to play whatever role she wants, be it animal, tree, or trans person. Remember last year when she backed out of the movie Rub & Tug, about a crime boss/transman named By Sarah • Jul 15, 2019 11:52 am
Movie Reviews and Previews James Bond is feminist now Today in “Cry about it, diaper babies” news, there is a report that Bond 25, the beleaguered final installment in the Daniel Craig/Bond era, has embraced feminism and will feature scenes of emasculation and misandry, as a collective of women capture, humiliate, and ultimately murder James Bond before throwing By Sarah • Jul 15, 2019 09:12 am
